Electrospraying, a reproducible method for production of polymeric microspheres for biomedical applications

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-149

  Bock, Nathalie ^a   Woodruff, Maria A ^a   Hutmacher, Dietmar W ^a   Dargaville, Tim R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electrospraying; Microspheres; Polycaprolactone

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS; BIOACTIVE MOLECULES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BROAD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL MORPHOLOGY; DNA QUANTIFICATION; ELECTROSPRAYING; FABRICATION METHOD; KEY PARAMETERS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER ENTANGLEMENT; POLYMERIC MICROSPHERE; RELEASE PROFILES; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MICROSPHERES; MORPHOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79851501929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3010131     Document Type: Article

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